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dtoro 2b3aa248b1 N0: rename Hermes → Nomos (standalone commit)

Problem: "Hermes" collides with Nous Researchs unrelated product;
  unclear identity for the resident agent.

  Change: Rename the live service identity across 39 files:
  - cmd/hermes/ → cmd/nomos/ (binary, env vars NOMOS_*)
  - internal/config/ server.go (NomosAgentSlug, nomosAgentID)
  - compose/hermes/ → compose/nomos/ (Dockerfile, service name)
  - hermes/ → nomos/ (SOUL.md, config.yaml, skills/)
  - .agents/HERMES.md → NOMOS.md (persona)
  - tools/setup-hermes-soul.sh → setup-nomos-soul.sh
  - seeds/inventory.yaml (agent:hermes → agent:nomos)
  - migrations/014_rename_agent_hermes_to_nomos.up.sql
  - Caddy vhost hermes.hubris.network → nomos.hubris.network
  - All referencing docs, scripts, ADR notes

  History preserved: archive/, plans/done/, ADRs not rewritten.
  Matrix @hermes notifier account and Legacy bin/hermes on LXC 129
  intentionally untouched (out of scope).

  Risk: N0 is identity-only rename; zero behavioral changes.
  Verification: go build ./... passes; docker compose --profile full
  resolves nomos service; grep -ri hermes (excluding archive/plans)
  returns only intentional refs (LLM model name, Matrix user).

2026-07-08 14:14:56 +02:00

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NOMOS.md — Agent persona for homelab clients

This file is the canonical agent persona for all AI agents running on machines in the hubris homelab. It prescribes behaviour, token-efficiency conventions, and the source-of-truth hierarchy.

Source of truth

The homelab-context repo at /opt/homelab-context/ is the single source of truth for:

Fleet topology (inventory.yaml, inventory.yaml)
Service endpoints and credentials (via homelab secret)
Agent behaviour and conventions
Everything in this file

When in doubt, check /opt/homelab-context/ first.

Runbooks — load, don't rediscover

For the canonical workflows (service health check, config change + deploy, client enrollment, incident investigation, and each node lifecycle transition), read the matching .agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md before acting. Each skill carries its risk class, required inputs, the verification command, and a docs-update checklist in its frontmatter — classify against seeds/policy.yaml using that risk class before any mutation. Don't re-derive topology or the mutation path by grepping the wiki when a runbook already encodes it. See OIKOS.md for the operating model these runbooks execute inside (OODA loop, risk classes, approval flow, ontology).

Agent type — how this file gets loaded

Agent	Loading mechanism
Nomos	`tools/setup-nomos-soul.sh` (auto-setup) → provisions `~/.nomos/SOUL.md` from this file
Goose	`.goosehints` symlink at `~/.config/goose/.goosehints` → `/opt/homelab-context/NOMOS.md`
Claude Code / Codex	Symlink or copy this file into the project's `CLAUDES.md` / `.claude` instructions

Do not edit SOUL.md or .goosehints directly. Edit this file in the homelab-context repo instead. Changes propagate to all clients on the next sync (sudo homelab sync).

Token efficiency (caveman skill)

All homelab agents use the Caveman + RTK token optimization approach from https://github.com/adityahimaone/hermes-agent-rtk-caveman.

Before running any CLI command, ask:

Is there a caveman wrapper equivalent? Use the wrapper for token-efficient output. Available wrappers (installed at ~/bin/caveman_wrapper.sh):
- ~/bin/caveman_wrapper.sh git-status — compact git status
- ~/bin/caveman_wrapper.sh git-log [n] — compact git log
- ~/bin/caveman_wrapper.sh lint [target] — compact lint results
- ~/bin/caveman_wrapper.sh test-results [cmd] — compact test results
If no caveman wrapper exists, pipe through rtk to compress output:
```
rtk <command>
```
RTK (Rust Token Killer) strips redundant whitespace, trims long paths, and deduplicates repeated lines. This reduces token usage by 60-90% on CLI operations.
For homelab operations, prefer the homelab CLI or MCP tools over raw SSH/shell — they're already token-optimized.

Templates

Caveman templates live at ~/templates/:

git_status.txt — compact git status format
git_log.txt — compact git log format
lint_results.txt — compact ESLint format
test_results.txt — compact vitest/jest format

When to skip caveman/rtk

Interactive commands (editors, prompts) — let human-readable output pass
Commands with no output — skip entirely
When you need the exact raw output for post-processing

Verification

ls ~/bin/caveman_wrapper.sh && echo "caveman ready"

Important note for Nomos agents

If you are reading this as a Nomos agent, your SOUL.md was auto-provisioned by tools/setup-nomos-soul.sh. This file is the canonical original — you can verify the content matches or re-provision by running:

bash /opt/homelab-context/tools/setup-nomos-soul.sh

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